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HARNETT COUNTY NEWS
DEVOTED TO THE INTEREST OF HARNETT COUNTY PRIMARILY. AND OF THE STATE GENERALLY.
Vol. Vlll—No. 40
H.50 PER YEAR—Be A COPY
Lfllington, N. C.. Thiirsdny. October 7. 1926
“K It Concerns Harnett. IPs in THE NEWS'*
i
COMMISSIONERS
DROP WORK OF
MR. HOLDER HRLI.S i
TOBACCO ABOVE 400^
•Ml', VV'. H, Holder was In The
News ortlc«- Monday and oxhtbitod
HOW CAN HELP BE """ xvk«d«
GIVEN FOR LOW
Mrs, Rimma Clark, wife of Mr, J-
E. Clark, died last Tuesday morning
I^/^IIWTV AfwF'^JT' ^*‘’ rocelpiH upon a «ale' P I) 1 f^l?C 5 ' at her home In Erwin. Funeral was
vF U 11 I 1 iWI I,.t li 1 of mimo of ht« iii^fnnu nrimintf.. u»hi»h ' ^ ^ * conductcd at Flat Branch hy 'Rev
of some of his second prlmingB which
. .— netted him $220,70 for 058 pounds, j
Mis tobacco wa.s .sold at Sanford and
Cole Savage Hands in His Res-, the gross proceeds averaged for the .“Why Build a New Fire Engine; Her
TAX COLLECTOR
STARTS HIS FIRST
SEASON'S ROUND
MR. ARCHIE IMORRIBON PAYS
HIS TAXES FIRST
ignation to Take Effect
November 1st and Board
Votes to Quit Then
Frank M. Bain, pastor. Interment
'was In the cemetery at Flat 'Branch,
husband, one son and one
; load a little better than 40 cents per
pound. Some of the best bright leaf
tobacco grown In the belt is grown
in Harnett county, This Is what the
warehousemen in the various mar-
l;ei-t declare, and judging from the'
I receipts it Is true.
While a Fire Rages?” Asks
Dr. Clarence Poe—States
His Remedy
Uolf- Sav.ige, ll.itiK'fI eoiiniy's farm
of this year, tendered his resignation COTTON COMING
to the Board of County Commission-,
ers Mo:iday, to'take effect November P A-O P Q V P II Y
Isf, andjthe same was accepted. The, Vi i/ V/T O V Ht K. I
Board then voted to discontinue the ^ AT'IC^PA A TP AD II V
county agent work November Isi ' I Ii3Jr/\vi 1 AIvIl/I
The resignation of .Mr Savage wai
precipitated when the County Board,
voted n.it to pay for the expense General Manager Blalock Is-
putting on fertilizer demonstratioifi.
Supitase a fire should break otit in
daughter, survive.
Mrs. Clark was well and favorably
known throughout che section in
j which she was born and lived her
life as a modest Christian woman of
such beautiful character that every
'one admired her. Her .death Is
jJohn Green Sends Out Word
I To Tanpayers That He Is
''
i Coming—^Starts Mon
day In Anderson’s
Creek
greatly deplored and .she will be
mourned not only by the bereaved
family and relatives, but by all who
sues Statement Declaring
Receipts This Year
Ahead of Last Year
which .Mr, Savage has carried on for
Ike pa.st .scVf-ral months. When lie
put III a bill for flit- same at iht-
Monduv nicetiiig, ttii- Hoard tli.sal-
lowpd it, .Ml. Savage f,)rthwlfh ten- 
dered his reslgnail.iit.
When the fertilizer bill from Mr.' ••foiislderliig the lateness of the
savage was .submitted to the Board, sea-ioii and that only abotit 25,000
the discussion waxed very warm and | bales wi-ro ginned In this state up to
verv loud So much so that the lady j September I5t,h, our deliveries are
clerk retired from the room. ’ori coming In lii a very .sailnfaciory man- Soutihern farmers, merchants, and,
aequently the item as to tlu* actloo ni-r," wa-. the siatement kssued by
following aid not appear on tie- mlii-'t'. H. Blalock, General Manager of
a town, wouldn't It lie a foolish man
who would propose to stop and build
a new tire engine a little more to his kn^w anrioved ’hef.
liking while the Are raged? , '
Suppose a half dozen men were , C 4 VC
drowning In a lake. Wouldn't l£ be j y |_/I\ ./w I Ij
a foolish man who would propose toi
Ignore a canoe waiting by nhe shore! AARl?AAP MIT^T'
and suggest bnlldlng a possibly some-.l ^ ^ E A U E M, U » 1
what finer one while the tragedy of'j p |*\ /''fTT' A A \17 TW
drowning proceeded? ' 15 V.^ U 1 IF v/ YV II
Of course, we all admit the fool-'
Ishness of either suggestion. And
yet Isn't It exactly a parallel sltua-|Law of Supply and Demand
tlon that confron,ts us with reference!
to the financial, di.saster that now
threatens every Southern state by'
reason of the low. price of cotton? i
Thlrteen-cent cotton now is hardly'J
better than seven-ceni cotton In the'!
days before the ^Y6^ld Wav. ..Yet it
Mu»t be Taken Into Cinsid-
eration by Farmers as
Well as by Other
Peoplt
ibuslness men .show themselves , will
ing to accept this atosu'rd price, that
Raleigh, Oct, 6.—Though It Is his
lOMOWing Uiu 11.appi'ur uii iii*- iiiiii- - —- hellef t.h-ii ihe onli- holutlon of the
utes Of the proceedings Of the Board | the .North Carolina Cotton Orowers Is all the fSouth will get for the crop. of cotton growers Is for
when that bony adjourned, .Mis* Cooperative As.sociatloii today. “Our|The cotton consuming world is cer
Sexro.'i later Inserted the Hem when i biggest dfsllvery was •.Monday, the
It was called to her ari»'niion.
27,11—honieihlng over 2.0(ifi bales.
it had been thought that the mat- •''’ot wiihstaiidliig the faci that the
ter Of the employment of a county, I'fm*' we netted our mem'bers for the
farm agent was moving very smooth- la-.t scaso-i'-, crop was not entirely js, of course. Indicated by, just one
talnly not going to insist on forcing
higher prices on us If we will accept
13 cents.
problems of cotton growers is for
the growers to observe the old law of
"supply and demand," Governor Mc
Lean said yesterday he would ap-
, point delegates to o conference called
An acceptance of the U-cent price Oovernor Whitfield; of Mississippi,
ly and satisfactorily. .Much Interest i.uiisfactory to them, It is very grail-
iately had hi-eu manifested in tlictf.ving i-j u*- to Itnow that the Cone
•work by farnit-r-> from various .sec- and morale of imr membership Is
tlons of (he county. Of, late (her.-' •'Ringing back in tine style, and it
had been many farmers who were looks now us If wee will-handle fully
anxious to place their‘'orders wth the a-, lunch cotton we handled l.i8l
county agent for Pyrotol, the govern- .rear, which was 161,000 bales, or
iner.i exploslw Also, there had more
been many other plans for farm im- As a matter of fact, this present
provemenr projectc.l with hearty re-'jow price will have a tendency to
-ponse. force in.ive cotton into the Assocla-
.Some citizens, learning of the ac- tlon, e.specially what Is known as the
!ion of the Board .Monday In dlspens. "tetianrs' part"; ihui Is, the land
ing ..with the .ervlces of u county lords rather than see the cotton sac-
farni agent, are predicting that thi.i rlHced ai the pre-.etit low price will
"is the first step in the reduction of feel that there Is a ‘better oppor-
c.'/HDty expfnse " There are many tidiity in pooling their tenants’ part
conjectures as to what the next step of me cotioii than If the prices had
'Will be, and ju^t where the next cuts remained around 17 or ISc.
to discuss the pro'blems.
thlng-the actual sale ot cotton at. optimistic over
that figure, Resolutions, editorials,
telegrams, ,and Hpeeches of protest conference,
are mere sound and fury to the c.otr.j numerous con.
ion-buylp‘g .world. Jf the actual Hr.j ,
continues to go on the market at
Advertlslntg hla first official tour
of the county for the collection of
1926 taxes. John Oreen, who assum
ed office as collector Monday, will
Ibegin next Monday th,e arduous
ta.sk of collecting about $500,000 of
taxes on the books that were turned'
over to him. His first stop in the
long pligrmage will be at Cambro
in .‘^nderson'.s Creek township. The
tour will last for eight,, days and
wind up at Neill’s Creek‘on the 19th.
F, S. Cullom of p'unn has been
chosen as Mr, Green's assistant..
Mr. CiiUom has already aasumedi
duties In the office of the collector.
He is an Insurance man of-Dunn and
Is well known in most sections.
The colleotor staiesr that ,he will
Immediately begin maliag out no
tices to taxpayers calling their at
tention to the fact that taxes for
1926 fell dutf^ on October' Ist. On
the reverse side of the receipts, du-
plcates of which, unsigned of course,
are mailed to taxpayers, Is a state
ment showing what the county levy
•Is and for what purpose, also the
various district levle.s for schopl^pur*
poses and the township road-‘levies,.
The rate last year yandthesadlpart'
The rate this yMr is $1.27 exclusive
of the “specials.”
Bond of $50,000^ wU given by
Mr. Green M’onday and accepted by
the Board of Commissioners.
Mr, Archie Morrison of Upper Lit
tle River ipwneihip enjoys the dis
tinction of.haviirg paid hisi 1‘926 tax
es before anjibody, else'- had pa»ld.
Mr. Morrison came to town bright
and early Monday morning..and be
gan looking for the collector. Not
'finding him on the job at the coun-
i house, Mr, Morrison came to The
jWewa office and „inauired aibout it.
i He was Informed- that John Green,
jthe newly appointed collector, had
‘not, assumed office' and' that the
‘books were to be turned over to the
newcollector that day.
Before Mr, Morrison departed for
■home .Monday afternoon:, he had his
receipts safely tucked away in his
pocket-book. He was the first prop
erty owner in Harnett county to pay
1926 taxes, although some others
paid later n the day.
cents or chereaibouts, a_ price that
means sure disaster equally to South
ern farmers and .Southern business j
men.
But how is It proposed that we j
deal with the threatened disaster? j
Isn't It suggested that we stop and ;
(build a new fire engine while the >
fire rages, or construct a new boat -
('supply.' ’’
j While the Governor regards the
Uiiua'tlon brought aibout by the low
prl-e of cotton as serious both for
North Carolina and the South, he
does not find, In a mass of iplans
suggested to colve it, a single sug
gestion with any practical value.
Curtailment of acreage. In the
COUNTY HOME
TO BE MOVED
COMMISSIONERS
TURN DOWN BILL
OF STATE AUDITOR
Claim of $968.84 for Keep of
Indigent Pupils in State In
stitutions—-Other Busi- ^
ness oif Session
while the farmers drown? It seems
u J opinion of the Governor, is only
10 us so, Elalborate and high-sound-; . , .
.'ill take effect.
, , , ^ ... sure solution to the problem of low
ing schemes are- proposed for hold-, , , v.
, J fl prices for cotton, Hevbellpve,s the
ng cotton of the market and flnanc.- .
“There Is a widespread movement jlng the producer wihlle the holdng
il ri.iiTlioiii the .‘.outh now, not onl) procee s ' uf enear y a es gQjj>g crops, could not be aibsonbed
rough (he Cooperatives bu, also schemes are hopelessly Impractlca-,
rough outside Hourcoi-. and mea.-.-'bie. and If any are practicable, the,^^^
HARNETT HAS
0 AT P P T r “■“ '‘’‘I"""' Tr“' ‘"'TtMi.-ri-He
“ AI Er. v.4» the “dl.siresspd’’ co n that is flold‘before any of them could possi- aan
ih
through
(low il>elnK forced on -ai
The ban'k-jbly be put to work all over the l)elt.|
Meanwhile (again permfttlng our-
Greenvllle, October C.— Reginira-
selves the u.se of a double metajphor.) ,
while the men drown—at least.so far
(-I's of Texa‘( are iindertal. .ig to raise
one hundred millioti dollar*., which
tlon began at Ea>i Carolina Teachecrt. fund i.honld be sufficient to retire at
College Wednesday morning. Res- least one and one-ha-lf million or two
ervaiions were made for 700 young million hales of the more than five
women. Considerably more than! million bale.s that Texas expects toi as the inventors of grandiloquent
this number have been refused en-,inake this year." snhenies are concerned,
trance on bi’.~.»niii of lack of i iom -(^o far a;. North Carolina is con-
and teaching force. The exact mini- cerned, wc are prepare! to ware-
ber refused for the present .school: iiouse,finance, and handle In every
year wa.s 779 '.way at least 300,000 bales of cotton.
The following young women ar*- \ve are id-epared to carry this coop-
registered from Harnett county io>' rraiirely at a far iess expense than it
That Mr. McLean is taking the
lead in curtailment is indicated by
his statement that this year he had
cut the acreage on his farms devoted
the lire engine waits unnoticed while, “ . , . .
. „ to cotton 0 50 per cent of last year
the fire rages and the canoe unused, , ...
and next year intended to cut It
down to 25 per cent of last year.
A complete, well considered, ef-' CO-OPS FILLING
fectlvely functioning machine for
dealing with such t-morgencles as
now face, the cotton farmer Is ready,
to help save him.
We refer, of course, lo the coop-
Tbe Board of County Commis
sioners ai their session Mondaci'
authorized publication of notice of
removal of the County Home from
-the present site t'wo miles southeast
of LlUington to a point three! miles
north'west of town near Summerville.
When Wie new home is erected the
old structure will be sold along, with
the farm. The old home is a dilapi
dated affair built of wood. The ^arm
is said to be one of the best in the
county.
It Is proposed to build a modern
home on the new site, which ie high,,
airy an'd'of almost perfect drainage.
It Is Intimated that as soon as' the-
new home Is built,- all those now
drawing pension money from- tihe
county treasury wlH be . Invited to
take up their residence at the home.
There is considerable money paid
WAREHOUSE out on the paupe ^
at
che present school year: Keba Flow-;c.ouij jiandlcd by Individuals, (n-ativc marketing associations now.
ers, Marguerite Gardner, -Rcba -Me- (,iir first year we paid 6 per
Lsod, Virginia Redfearn, Willi*- (.f-ra imcrcHi for our money. We are
Wagstaff, Myrtle Gardner, c.'unolia jiow fiitaucifig .lurselves at 414 per
Oeddle, Gertrude Redfern, Johnnie j (.(.m, \v,. paid 19 cents per month
Stewart. storage charges per bale. Our aver-
NTne young women from Harnett, .,gp ,.storage charges tor the past year
county were refused admittance for {was 36 ceni (ter Itale per month,
the present year on account of lack ppi,] jasiirance ((hargejt the first
of facilities, 22 were refused admit-'y^-ar ^,1 9.;* cent-i per month per bale,
tancfc from ftouth Carolina, 14 fr.-jm (^a»i year ihiii was reduced t.-i 1 Vi
Virginia, two from Georgia, and one ef-ms per bale per mo*ith.
each from Florida, Louisiana and' "We believe in ad.berhvg to the
New York. principles of orderly marketing of
President R. H. Wright, in hi- .om- ooitu/i, and 10 the ‘Uabllizailon of
iblenoiai report to the trustees, has.price.s, over a pi-riod of twelve
recommended that the next legisl'a-j months rather than to ' dump" all of
cure be asked to make appropriation ji», ©n the market within a three
sufficient to increase the ca-pacUy of!months’ period,
the college to one thou.sand students. “Although tlie season is late and
This is the only college In the state the glnnlngs have been light for this
whose exclusive v.'ork is devoted to -jtaie, we have already sold and
the training of teachers. fixed pi'ices on several thousand
bales of new crop cotton.”
Manager Walter Murchison of the
work in every Southern state, co-operative cotton storage
They will ta-ke the farmers’ cotton j warehouse states that his house is
and (lee to It that it is not dumped about half full of cotton.^ v,niT«o
JURORB FOR NOVEMBER
TERM SUPBWOB COURT
\HiX ACRE ATHLETIC
FIELD FOR DUKE
•wholesale on a demoralized and
ruinously low market, but Is Instead
marketed gradually throughout the
year, and furthermore, they will ad
vance as llberally^ as anybody can
safely do on every pound of cotton
delivered. i
As for acreage reduction, no plan
yet, proposed can be anything but a
mere gesture. Farmers simply will
not say definitely in October wihat
they will do next April, when condi
tions may be very different, and
should not be expected to.
“Isn’t It an astonishing fact that
editors and politicians are filling the
air with talk, protests, and proposals
and yet Ignore the very agency that
Is functioning for our relief?" So a
friend asked us this morning, and
we agree with him. With the best
thought of America almost unani
mously proclaiming that cooperative
the farmers marketing problems, «o-
IN'TKRESTIXG FILM
Durham, Oct. 6.—^Flfiy or 60 feet
of mption picture film of the late
James B. Duke, tobacco and power Durham, G.'‘i. 6.—a new six-acre
magnate and creator of the Duke jjthietlc field is t.o be laid out and
Endowment for education, rellKion rt-ady for use next spring for Duke
and charity hospital work in the i'ljnlverslty students on the tract of
taken on the occason of .Mr. Duke’s the former Trinity College and ad-
'rlslt to the estate of C. C, Dula, j joining the present Haynes field, of-
presldent of Liggett 4- .Myer*^ Tobae-■ (j(-.ia|» of the university announce.
',■0 Company, and native of Lenoir,,This addition will serve for athletic
N, C., Yonkers, K, Y, has been glv- ;i(>iivltles on she present campus un-
en to officials of Duke University by,ill the large stadium to be built on m nwo und hein those cotiraKe-
Dr. O. S. WigUtman, nephew of Mr.he new 4.000.acre tract -becomes' L far-seei^^^^^^
Dula, who filmed the picture some-lready for use when the $1 g.OOO.OOfi-ja.'rj business men who have already
The house
holds and even- bhousand bales, -and
after all the space Is taken up, the
manager begihe shipping to other
points.' He expects at the present
rate of receipts that the house will
be filled by the IBth of this month,
(Manager Murchison says that se-v-
eral farmers not heretofore memliers
of the co-operative association have
signed up wlbh him and have stored,
their cotton snee the opening of. this
season. He is prepared to sign up
any farmer who wishes to join. The
association is advancing nine cents
per pound and this lacks only'a cou
ple of cents being as much as the
market price.
First 'Week
Averasboro—A. J. Lucas, L. B,
Poipe, Jeff M. Godwin, E. C. Tew, G.
•C. Tart. '
Duke-LL. D. Hall. N. P. Lucas, B.
J, Wood,
Grove—J, H. Reardon, H. A. Tur
lington.
Hectors Creek—B. E. Wester,
Johnsonvllle — Robbie Cameron.
Nellis Creek—T. H, MoLeod.
Stewarts Creek—R. P. McLean, O.
•W. Byrd.
Upper Little River—M. T. McNeill,
•N, P. Lucas. W. C. Davis.
well-planned agency that,will groiv
stronger with the passing years and
help prevent as well as control such
emergencies we now face. Mer
chants and bankers should every-
marTetln7l7ihe“wi8eBt sol'u^^^^^ acquklnt, themsirtves with
!-what cooperative marketing offers
called prominent men prepare' toi«nd give It'not merely nominal but
waste valuaihle time trying to start'^‘^tive support, including help ul
some new and unheard of kind of I''”""®®* leaders,
makeshift organization. ' cannot even be argued bhat
We appeal—and' we appeal confi-"‘“^t sign up for a long time
dently—^to Southern farmers
merchaniij not to be misled % . such asaociations, for
■wlll-o-the-wisps. Instead,; let us all cases .these associations are
now working on' the last year of their
present' contra'cta, and will gladly
accept sl'gners for the 1926 crop
Second Week
Averasiboro—A. G. Hare', Lee Mon
roe, A. M. Glover, W. H. .Strickland';
Barbecue—Neill'McFarland.
-Buckhorn—E. M. Hoblby, John
Ashwvjrbh.
Black River—E. C.' Nordon, J. C.
Pleasant.
Duke—Gee. L. Seawel).
Grove—M. C. Stewart, S. G. Hayes,
Hilton Avery., *
Hectors Creek—J. 0. Cotton. /
- Stewarts .Creek-^L. C, Parker, C.
M, Allen, -— _— -— -— —
' Upper Little River—A. M, Rogers.
C. W. Clark.
MXSH BRXDOE GOES
TO STANLY COUNTY
time before Mr, Dijke’i death. ThCMbnlldlng program is completed there, every Southern state effect- hlone. leaving the grower absolutely
picture will be highly ireastired by prcbahly *)ix years from now.
Duke University and will be 'shown
only on special occasions. a.V OYSTER SUPPER
Business men ot Ayden found thin There will be an oytter supper at
too much hay, meat and food sup-,the home of Dr. J, >H, Wethers on
plies are shipped Into the territory,
so they have begun cooperating with
the evening of Octoiber 16, Come
and enjoy the good "eats” and at
the county agent to have this mate- the same time help the Woman's
rial produced at home.
’Auxiliary clothe the orphan.
ivp and well managed agences for
{handling the South’s great staple
, crop.
In this way we shall not only best
.meet the present emergency, but we
shall give support and strength, not
to some temporary makeshift that
might .not work even for this cotton-
selling season and would certainly
die before another ’season, but to a
free to decMe later about continuing
with the organlxatlon.
Let’s fight the fire with the fire,
engine that is already waiting in
stead of taking.tlme to build another.
'Let's use the canoe waiting by bhe
lakeside instead of lettlng drowning'
proceed while we construct 'anotbVr
boat.
' (
Ohirttel MortgafM at Tii« New*.
People ot Harnett, County wlir be
Interested to know that Miss Eliza-
bethBrldge, who was once home dem
onstration agent for karnett county,
and .who was later'transferred to
Qrknvine county, is now located at
Albemarle ih Stanly county,' Miss
Bridge has many friends in Harnett
'Who will wish her great success ih'
her new: location.
A meteor which fell at Kenora,
Oat., weighed 23 pounde, composed'
cthiefly of iron.
The Board of County Comiulsslon-
.ers hail no.U'a great many things,of
importance'' ip opcmi>,v Us attention
Monday. Beslde.s the paying of bills,
which ,is,, always an item- of’greater
■Importance,, the’ Board never fell the
pressure’'of'! hard work during the
day. Pollowlng, are the matters
claiming aitentioh;
sitato .‘\uditot: ' Baxter Durham
wrote a curt letter to the- Board In
which he asked for $968.84 '/right
away," The charge against the
county is for the care of Indigent
pupils from Harnett in the Stale’s
charitable InctituiJons, For 1923-24
the charge is $531.82, and for 1925-
26. $437.02. The Board let the mat
ter go over to a future meeting.
E. P, Harrington resigned as road
commisMonor for Barbecue town-
(3h'lip,..w;hTch .wa.sCaccepted. Report" of
•Banbecue:’V(anrmY6sioii' was filed' by
'Mr. Harrington' as ‘lecretary and C.
F. Cox, treasurer, showing a net bal
ance of $44.71' in 11167,treasury.
J. ^E. Dorman, M. B. ByrdT' B. B,
Huff,, ,T.:T, Cox and T. A. Gore fur-
■nlsihed" transportation to members ofi
■the Septemili’er Grand Jury in order
that they might visit county' institu
tions. The Grand Jury'recommend-
!ed,that they be paid for the 'jervice.
The Commissioners‘refused It.
L Report^ from H. A. Turlington, re
tiring tax collector, was accepted and'
■filed.,
Reports from the superintendents'
of the county home aind convict
camp were r,eceiv6j and' filed,
' Clerk Chaffin fll'ed hisjinoiHhly re
port with check for funds collected-
through his office.
■Miss Sa'dye Hatoher, public health
nurse, filed her report.
Bond of John Green, newly elected
tax collector, was accepted and filed,
‘H, T. Faucet'te was appo'inted
standard scale keeper for the county.
His fees are not to exceed' 26c in any
one instance.
The tax books :tor the year 1926
were ordered turned pver to John
Oreen. with the usual endorsement
charging him "to be sure and collect
every cent he can." ^
M. C. Upchurch' was re-appointed,
as game warden for the county..
The usual list of pauper allowances'
was brought up and disposed of.
MORE ABOUT HOPKINS MONEY
Durham, Oct. 6.—^Dave Moore,
who disappeared a few months' ago
from his activities of clock winder,
chimney and'wall builder, and-Jack
of all trades, at Hillsboro,' reappeared
there last'week and left for Cailfor-'
nla to appear as a witness in any
proceedings coming, up with refer
ence to the $300;0b0,000 estate of.
the late Mark Hopkins, of w’hlch
Moore: is one of the claimants'.
'Moore 'lias, been in Georgia, his attor
ney, J.-.Qlyde Ray, announces. If
and when' he gets^ hie share of*the
Californla'iTailrpad magnate’s'estate,*
Which, according ,to olaims,. will be
about. $i;000,000, 'he may establish
a fund for .scientific research at the.
University; of^ North Carbllna,, nioore'
has Intimated.’ 'Reports' that war
rants .were;out for,MooresfoytJbrgery'
In. connoctlbnl with the allege'S''wilFof
tbe.late.Mark Hlpklns are denied'by
his attorney.
ARE THESE YEGGS
PALS OF YEGGS
ARRESTED HERE?
Eleven Men Arregted in New
York Wanted for Robbing
This State—^Names
Sound Familiar
m
Raleigh, Oct. 6.—^The-arrest of 11
men at Troy and Albany, N. Y.,
lleved to be Implicated In rorhberles
staged several' months ago in North
Carolina, is announ'ced by Postal! In
spector L. T. Yailborough, who' trail-,
ed she yegg-men;/to, New York.'State;'
and participatedMm thefr arrest. The; ■
arrest of 11 men .in. New York brings
the total arrested in-connection ■with; '
the North Carolina roibherles'to Id.i;
a.s Frank Rozieh .and Tom Moore,
two members of the group, are noW'^
•serving terms of three years each In;,
State .Prison here for the robbery of
the local DuPont powder warehouse,
and E. J. McCarthey, of Mecficlen-
burg, was arrested In Cbarlotte,'-
shortly after the arrest ot Moore and’-'
Roziob here.
Several of the men arrested In,
New York, Includlnig .Charlie "Red"
Dean, an adept with the torch, are
wanted in connection with the rob-,
bery of the Manson postoffice, near
Henderson, while it is-expected,,that
efforts wilVbe . niade. to bring all> of
those arrested' .'l»ck ao.'.thls' Stat'e-for
trial In- connection^ with the^ rdibbery,
of Ivey/S' department istdre In Char
lotte,. and other burglaries' im this
State., The ssme^ gang,, it is. stated.,
has been operating; on-'.a tairly'laTgi»L
' f-i ” y f '/
scale in New iTork an'd; PennsylvaniaV
Eigh t of the'men arrested in'New
Yor(k were taken at 'West Sand' Lake,
near,..Troy, by^va detachment of offi
cers, including^ a dozen' postal' In
state' troopers.^ Inspector' Yarbo
rough:-" was a' m'emlber of tha raiding
party,, which'.'sunprlsed the men'- early
one, morning,Cedarhurst' inn,
which they wera operating as a road
house. Five hundred' gallons of
'liquor' were seized', and,' according, to
iMr. Yarborough, "tibe roadhouse in
cluded a bar-room; of the pre-Prpht-,
bltlon' type. "Big George" Garibaldi* ■
and two'accomplices'were arrested'
at Albany,-'an'd efforts' will be made’'
to connect them 'with the' North
Carolina crimes.
' Moore and Rozicb, the men now
serving -prison ^terms herd, were ar
rested^' by Detectives Danleley, and;
'Chalmers-' on 'charges' of'automobU^
thefts. The mdn were found; Iq'pos-,
sesstop of cars' bearing, -VirginU-
license's. iThey were making their
headquarters in a shanty .near this
city, and,, following the arreM of
-Moore and; Rozicb the rest of the
gang departed 'for northern points,
'their capture the- other day result
ing'from the following by Inspector
Yarborough'' of trails which led him
to New .York Stale. 'Moore and Ro-
zieh', according^to bhe inspector, con-'
feased' to the Manson postoffice to)>:
bery aVd also admitted' connection’
with the Ivey store robbery, . - Mc
Carthey, the man arrested' at Char
lotte, was taken into custody on the
strength of information given by/ a-.
Gaston County woman, which' con
nected him with the lvey robbery;
The eight men- arrested at Troy;
gave their names as Charlie Dean,
.Frank Nolan, Michael McCabe,
-Charles Moffiett,- Joseph' Blue. Thom
as Reilly, Joseph' MdCarthy and Jack
Jones.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to extend’ our sincere
thaniks to each' and every one of our
(good friend's' foT-'thelr many kind-'
nesses and courtesies shown ns- dur- 4
ing the illness,'and at the death of"
oar wife and mother. ' We will air,
'ways remember your Ikindnessiand it -
wlil' always ‘be appreciated-/l>y.us.‘
J. E. Clark and ^Children.
WANT U. N. C. TO
TEAa{ REAL ESTATE
One dayJs work in the corn field
will’ assure, a supply of good seed,
corn for next season and will’ .be^on’e
ot the.most profitable days'-spent on
the,^ farm.
' .Psychological note: Creditors have
better memories than debtors.
Durham, Oct. 6.—Program for
the sixth annual convention',of the
N. C. Association of Beat .-Estate
Boards, meting in Greenaboro . on
Octotber,.^7-8,,...haa been completed,.,
Presldent '.,Wr,' P.' •Pranck- and' Secrer'
tary’ J. M., M; Gregory,, of -Durham,'-
announce;; .A.'M. Scales'"and'-Robert
,p. Douglas,, of'Oreen8bqro'i''Prank'R.'
iMcNlncfiT ■;^former ' mayor7^ a^- F;,"C;
Abbott,off Charlotte, and; Gilbert T.
Stephenson; qf-L;Raletgh,' are' among'.
'the; .speakers; ^ -A uniform licenae,--
law, requiring'examination .of real'
estate, dealers, and courses; in real
estate operation Jn the. Ualverslty-'of
■North., .Carollna^^are two', important
profblein8^'rtor'^obme'"'beforevthe con-
yentio'n.if-^''' \ ' ’
This wliV. probably be. a good-year
to swap cotton seed for meal or tar- '
ti'lizers so .Mlt'o^bave less cash' ontSay'
next spring.'
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